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. t ' % ' o 0 Two Losses, Plus? By CHARLES W. S. READ Copyright, 1W6, by W. R. Caldwell o o Miss Nettie Blank and her Aunt Mary had come down to New York city from Connecticut to meet Miss Nettie's brother, who was to arrive on a steamer from Liverpool, but who failed to make an appearance. A cablegram had reached the house not ten minutes after they left it, but that only deferred the explanation. Aunt Mary had resided in Wisconsin up to a year before, and, never having ? been in the big city, she was anxious * " ~ ^ "n.- - = to loot arouna a Dir. j.ue mec-e uau some shopping to do, and they had put in a couple of days when what Aunt Mary called the tragedy happened. They were visiting a waxworks show in the evening, and the old lady was - mightily taken with all she saw. Her - exclamations of surprise gave a young man a chance to make a few remarks and attach himself to the pair, and the result was that when they were ready to leave the place Aunt Mary suddenly exclaimed: "Nettie, have you got the bag with the money in it?" "No! You were afraid I'd lose it, and you took it from me just as we came in." "Well, it's gene!" "You don't mean it!" "But I do. Somebody has got it within the last ten npnutes. You may call me an idiot all tlie rest of my life." The young man had also departed, and no doubt in company with the bag. Miss Nettie went into a fit of laughter at first but she soon realized . ? ' that the loss of the money might prove a very serious matter. To avoid the queries of the other spectators they wept outside in the lobby to talk \ things over. Aunt Mary had noticed .fhelay figures there on entering and could hardly be convinced that the poIJceipan, bootblack, Uncle Beuben and others were not" living, breathing buMn beipgB. ,^e had.no qyesjMid pqr ; interest now, however. She had lost in cold cash, and there was a hotel nUl to pay^atjff ?i? rijlroad fire home. ; puts"us In a had predicament," said the girl, "because we are stopping pr - afahotel where they don't know me, apiljwo or three C. O. D. parcels will be delivered early tomorrow morning, it "is just possible that we may find some one from out of town stopping at the. hotel and can borrow a few dollars.*' Til never .forgive myself?never!" exclaimed Aunt Mary as the tears filled her eyes. "Think of a woman of my agp haying her pocket picked! I shall be ashamed to face them at home. They'll make fun of me to die end of time. Have we got anything we can . nawn?" k tr -"Nothing. I was careful not to bring any of my jewelry, and that wedding ring ind breastpin of yours wouldn't fetch $2. We can't even telegraph to pa unless they will trust us, and they say the telegraph company Is very particular about that What's the matter, a.uuty?" The old lady had uttered a half shriek hpd .started back from one of the lay f ' figures and was looking at it. with bulging j^yes: ."I?I thought you said they were wkgr khe gasped. .they are." . "But'IH tike my dying oath that one I, ! moved a littler' "Nonsense! -You, are all worked up about the loss of the money. We shall have to walk back to our hotel, and we might as well be moving on." A week previous to this incident a .Yale student named Walter Thompson had added to his demerit marks by taking the train for New York to have a real good time. He had it and awoke one morning to find himself almost penniless and very much ashamed of himself. He had made matters so much worse than they were before that he hated to go back and fase the music. During the day he managed to brace up, but the bracing took the rest of his cash, and he had only a quarter in his pocket when he came to a halt at the corner of Broadway and Fifth avenue, ' and the women, bound for the waxworks show, passed him. A young man must be worse than embarrassed financially not to take a second look at a handsome girl passing o+rwxof A ftor thp stnilpnt's Mllll UU LUC OUVbb AAA VVA A?V v.... ? second look he followed the women, and as it happened to be a half rate evening his quarter bought him a ticket He may or may not have been no' ticed by Miss Nettie as he loitered about with other spectators, but if he was ' she did not charge him with being the pickpocket who despoiled them. He looked too honest and respectable for that. When he overheard them speaking of their loss he edged toward the door, and once outside he lifted a dummy aside and took its place. At another time?at a time when he was himself?he would have offered his services frankly, but he hadn't the cheek just then. If they had lost their money, he also was without resources. ""Rnt I've ffot to helD them out of their trouble some way," he mused after they had departed from the museum and he had started to follow them at a respectful distance. "Don't go much on old ladies outside of the mater, but that girl is a stunner. It would break my heart if she cried over this trouble. Magnificent hair and glorious eyes! Just the sort of face Fve dreamed about Lots of style and go about her. Broke, and yet I've got to help her." The ladies were followed to the hoa tel. As they passed around to the ladies' entrance young Thompson entered by the front and walked up to the desk and inspected the register. He soon found their names; also the name of a citizen from their town who was reputed to be wealthy. In all probability they would apply to this gentleman for a loan. If not a loan they would at least ask that he telegraph for them. The thought provoked the student. It was for him and no one else to help them out of lioir fpAllMo bUVU IXVUV1V. Noting the number of the man's room, he turned from the desk to the elevator and was landed on the fourth floor. Four doors down the hall was the right door. The student did not ask himself why he was going there, but went. When there was no answer he turned the knob and the door opened. There was no one in the room, but there was evidence that some one had just stepped out in a hurry and might be expected back at any moment. A still smoking cigar lay on an ash receiver, and a partly open grip was on the table. One look into the grip and Thompson had possession of a roll of bills. He did not stop to count them, but backed out and hurried down the hall*to another elevator. Ten minutes later he was tapping at the door of Miss Nettie's room and ready to say to her as soon as it was opened: "& thousand pardons, Miss Blank, but I was at the waxworks when you met with your loss and learned that It was likely to inconvenience you considerably. I know your family by name, as perhaps you do mine?tne Thompsons?and if I might make so bold as to"? He had the roll of bills in his hand, and the girl instantly divined his good intentions. "It is kind of you, indeed," she replied, "but we came back to the hoter to find ourselves in great good luck. My Uncle Billy is on the floor above. I had him down here a minute ago to tell him . of our loss, and he has gone for money for us. There he comes now, the dear old soul!" "What in thunder and blazes and Texas and several other things do you think has happened?" shouted the old gentleman while yet a hundred feet away. "Why, uncle, what is it? This is Mr. Thompson. , His people live only a few from us." "I don't care a tinker's dam about the Thompsons or where they live!" shouted the irascible uncle. "I've been robbed in this hotel! Yes, sir, I've been robbed of $5(^0!" "Why, uncle Billy, is it possible?' "Some one entered my room and took it out of my satchel while I'was down here. Thought I had locked the door, but I guess I dfdnt. I'm going down to tell the hotel folks that I'll sue *em for double the amount" But he didn't. It was an embarrassing situation for the student, but fortunately he saw that he must tell a Ka KAI 1 WhOTl OULai&ui oivij iv in? m?ii^Tvu* if wvm he had told it he grabbed for his hat and asked for five minutes' start of the police, but they gave him a great deal longer one than that. In fact, the humor of the situation got on the nerves of all four after awhile, and when they had got over laughing and talking about curious coincidences and truth being stranger than fiction there was something like good fellowship all round. Nobody had to leave an unpaid hotel bill, and nobody had to walk to Connecticut/ ******* "What! Are Walter Thompson and Miss Nettie Blank in love?" asked the village gossip., "In love! Why, they're engaged, and Miss Blank's uncle gave them $500 for an engagement present." A Lost Play. Weedon Grossmith, the English comedian, used to tell a good story about a play by Robert Ganthony, which that gentleman asked him to read. Mr. Grossmith took the comedy, but lost it on his way home. "Night after night," he says, "I would meet Ganthony, and he would ask me how I liked his play. It was awful. The perspiration used to come out on my forehead- as I'd say sometimes, 'I haven't had time to look at it yet,' or, again, 'The first act was good, but I can't stop to explain, etc., must catch a train.' That play was the bane of * ? J ATYAM TV? *Y my UAISieilCtJ UUU UclUUlCU kzll mjr dreams." Some months passed, and Ganthony, who is a merry wag, still pursued him without mercy. At last it occurred to Mr. Grossmith that he might have left the comedy in the cab on the night it was given to him. He went down to Scotland Yard and inquired. "Oh, yes," was the reply. "Play marked with Mr. Ganthony's name sent back to the owner four months ago, as soon as found." Ants That Kill Snalces. That ants can actually kill snakes is a hard thing to believe. There is irrefutable evidence, however, that they do, and scientists have discovered that the snake has hardly a more dangerous enemy. The large red-brown forest ant is the sort that is the most fatal to the ophidians, and a curious thing about the attack of these tiny creatures on this comparatively enormous reptile Is that they kill it for food and not on account of any natural antipathy. it A.^ ?j.?I. wnen some or tne ams catea sigm. ui a snake they arouse the whole cominunity at once. In companies and battalions the little fellows set upon the reptile, striking their nippers into his body and eyes at a thousand points at once. So rapidly and concertedly is this done that the snake has no chance at all of escaping. It soon becomes exhausted and dies ignominiously. Then the ants set harder still to work. This may seem a strange story, but it la true. They begin to tear off the flesh ip small pieces, gradually stripping ofl the skin and working inside it \ TAX NOTICE. The county treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, 190(5, until tin* loth day of March, 1907, inclusive. From the 1st day of January, 1907, until the 21st day of January, 1907, a penalty of 1 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the first day of February, 1907, until the 28th day of February, 1907, a penalty of 2 percent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1907, until the 15th day of March, 1907, a penalty of 5 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. The following is the levy: For State purposes, 5 mills. For countv purposes, 4 mills. ' - o : 11 ~ Constitutional scuooi lax, o aims. Total, 12 mills. SFECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Bamberg, No. 14. 5 mills. Binnaker's No. 12, 3 mills. Clear Pond, No. 19, 2 mills. . Colston, No. 18, 2 mills. Cuffie Creek, No. 17, 2 mills. Denmark, No. 21, 3 mills. Ehrhardt, No 22, 2 mills. Govan, No. 11, 3 mills. Hunter's Chapel, No. 16,1 mill. Hopewell, No. 1, 3 mills. Hampton, No. 3, 2 mills. Heyward,No. 24, 2 mills. Lees, No. 23, 4 mills. Midway, No. 2,2 mills. Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills. Olar, No. 8, 4 mills. All male persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except Confederate soldiers or sailors, who are exempt at fifty years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar. Capitation dog tax, fifty cents. Parties returning property in more than one school district will not forget to ask for receipts for each district. I will receive the road commutaMon tax ($2.00) from October 15th, 1906, until March 1st, 1907. JNO. F. FOLK, Treasurer Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., October 2,1906. , ASSESSMENT NOTICE Office of County Auditor, Bamberg, S. C., December 11,1906. The auditor or his deputy will be at the following places on the days and dates named below for the purpose ol taking tax returns of personal property: Lees, Tuesday, January 8th, 1907. Denmark, Wednesday and Thursday Janhary 9th and 10th, 1907. Bamberg, Friday, Saturday, and Monday, January nth, 12th, and 14th. Goyan, Tuesday, January 15 th. 01ar? Wednesday and Thursday, January 16thc and 17th. * Bamberg, Friday. Saturday, and Monday, January 18th, 19th, and 21st. Eferhardt, Tuesday and Wednesday January 22nd and 23rd. St. John's Thursday, January 24th. Kearse, Friday, January 25th. Bamberg, Saturday and Monday, Janu ary 26th and 88th. Farrell's Store, Tuesday, January 29th Hunter's Chapel, Wednesday, January 30th. Colston, Thursday, January 31st. Bamberg, Friday, Saturday, and Mon day, February 1st, 2nd, and 4th. At Bamberg until Wednesday, February 20th. All male persons between the ages ol twenty-one and sixty are liable to a pol tax of one dollar, except those exempt bj law., All taxpayers are requested to mak< tbeir returns to me or my deputy in persor - -- . _ 1 ^ Al Atter toe zwd oi r eurum^ a pcuanj ? fifty percent, will be added to-all persona property not returned. R. W. D. ROWELL, Auditor Bamberg County. 1 J. DELE Has in stock a nice line of Open and Top Buggies and flarnesi for sale cheap. He is sgent for Blckford & Hoffman's Celebrated Qraii Drill, the Woodruff Hay Press, an< Deerlng Harvesting Machinery. ; Also Conducts a First-class REPAIR SHOP and builds anything on wheels to order. Now is the time to have your buggy repaired and painted to look and last as good as new*. Horseshoeing a Specialty UTTN8 A Grist Mill on Saturday: I h&ve also added a FIRST-CLASS RICE MILL and will grihd on "Wednesdays and Saturdays. I have also just put in a Good Year Tire Setting Machine # and can now put on rubber tires and repair Bicycle Buggies in Factory Style. D. J. MLR. |W. P. RILEY i | o . < < FIRE, LIFE < o ACCIDENT J j: :: INSURANCE ] J[ BAMBERG. . . . - S. C. j dr. G. F. HAIR DENTAL SURGEON, Bamberg, S. C. In office every day in the week. Gradu ate of Baltimore College of Dental Sui gery, class 1892. Member of S. C. Denta Association. Office next to bank. uni I ICTFR'Q Rocky Mountain Tea Nugget: A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vizor. A specific for Constipation, Indigestion, Live and Kidney troubles. Pimples. Eczema, Impur 1 Blood. Bad Breath, Sluggish Bowels. Headach , and Backache. Its Rocky Mountain Tea in tat let form. 35 cents a box. Genuine made b Hollister Drug Company. Madison, Wis. i tOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPL MONEY TO LOAN i We are prepared to negotiate loans oi i improved farms at a low rate of interesl i in sums from $500.00 to $10,000.00, fo , three, five and ten years. J. O. PATTERSON, JR., J. W. PATTERSON, Barnwell, S. C. Original of "Uncle Toby." Captain Roger Sterne, the father of the author of "Tristram Shandy," was the original of Uncle Toby. As captain of Chudloigh's regiment ol' foot, a marching regiment ever on the more. Roger Sterne and his family tasted the most varied military and domestic experiences in Flanders, at Gibraltar and finally at Jamaica, where the old campaigner died of "country fever." A simple minded, good natured, but shiftless and rather peppery Irishman, Roger bore his disappointment bravely and carried his load of debt with a light KaaT.4- "Mr father" s.irs Sterne, "was I ucai (.. of a kindly, sweet disposition, void of all design and so innocent in his own intentions that he suspected no one, so that you might have cheated him ten times a day if nine had not been sufficient for your purpose." Such a character and such a father supplied the germ from which the genius of the son developed his conception of one of the most perfect and delightful portraits in the gallery of English fiction. Sex and Rebirth. The theories concerning the possibility of our having previously existed seem to be endless. Of them all I think the one best which suggests that sex is reversed at rebirth and that when we turn up eons after we previously existed we do so either as men or women according to whether we were women or men aforetime. This largely accounts for the suffragette and for the long haired, thin voiced creatures who potter around boudoirs, play the piano like "sweetly pretty" things and call themselves men. . Presumably the best material of which we were fashioned then is now used in our composition, for the most manly women and effeminate men generally have some good points about them. But if one is to keep on performing these Protean feats through all ages it hardly seems worth while worrying over sex problems. It [ seems to me, in the long run, that we ' shall each get about equal, according : to this arrangement.?London World. The Remarkable Rhea. "The rhea of South America Is a remarkable bird," said an ornithologist The male rhea hatches out life'eggs. . He aijd not the female'; Is the setter. He sets always in a' qdiet axfor desolate place, where there is no food, nothing to attract enemies, andas soon m the ? young are born the question is how*l(f feed them. The rhea answers that question In advance. Three Or four. . days before the eggs are' to qpen hie shoves a couple of them out of the nest . with his bill and lays them; {n the sun. r What Is the result? The result Is that the hot South African sun decomposes the eggs, and the father breaks jhem as the young birds begin to appeafc in; . the nest, and the flies settle-te -them and in twenty-four hours they are 4HVe f with worms?tender, juicy, delicious 1 worms, the best food in the world for r the nest of new born birdllngs." * _ t GarirlcK as AVinor. f Writing of Garrick's literary efforts, 1 I suppose not every one knows that he was the author of such well known lines as: ' Their cause I plead, plead it in heart and mind; A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. - Or this again; ' Let others hail the rising sun; j I boy to that whose course has run. Or again: l Hearts of oak are our ships, j Hearts of oak are our men. But I suppose every one knows his epigram on Goldsmith, "who wrote like I an angel and talk'd like poor Poll/* an epigram that conveyed only half the truth, as Garrick would have been one of the first to admit.?London Sphere. Habit. [ Habit is one of the world's controlling influences. More men are swayed 5 by force of habit, unconsciously perhaps, than any other motive. The%ablt of doing certain things in a certain way grows from beginnings so small as to be scarcely noticeable until ft forms a chain that can scarcely be broken. The habit of right or wrong ** doing becomes a master, and a more exacting master could not be found.? Brockton Times. His Sorrow. Maud (newly married)?You look very i melancholy, George. Are you sorry " you married me? George?No, dear, of course not I was only thinking of all the nice girls I can't marry. Maud? [ Oh, George, how horrid of you! I thought you cared for nobody but me? * George?Neither do I. I wasn't thinkl ing of myself, but of the disappoint ment for them. Happiness. I Things are so arranged in this world that happiness as a profession must * ever be a failure. It cannot be found " by seeking it It is a reflex action. It Is incidental, a product which comes 1 from doing noble things. It is impossible for a person .to be really happy by making pleasure a profession.?Success Magazine. ] Some of Them Do. The master had been giving a class - of youngsters some ideas of adages and how to make them. Presently he ) said: "Birds of a feather?do what?" "Lay eggs," piped a small boy before 'I anybody else had a chance to ispeak. e y The Leading Part. Twynn?I hear that Skidmore has led E the Widow Weeds to the altar. Triplet?That Is what it is called for politeness' sake, but from my post of! oba servation it looked as though .the widt, ow were a neck ahead of him all the r way up the aisle. Men are horn to succeed, not to fall ?Thoreau. r ....... $ WE ARE NOW GETTING IN OUR 3? IFall Stock! 4+i ^ AND WE HAVE A COilPLETE LINE OF *\ ffi Dry Goods, Clothing, Groceries ? W . Hardware, Stoves, Etc* fg ft ?t? Hrv rinr?Hc Gur ^ne ?* Gry Goods is complete in every *j I V isi j VJWUUS. department. ^ * !T Dress Goods in all of the latest styles. Z I B k * ^hne<s ^ur ^ne ?^oes were we^ selected aQd we have a shoe jfc Allocs. t0 su}t everybody and at prices to suit every purchaser. Z ft Plirnitlirp ^ave ^ust added a line of Furniture to our ? F rurniLUrc. business and have on hand all kinds of Bed Room ft Suits, Dressers, Dining Tables, Side Boards, Bed Lounges, Safes, Chairs, ? ? Etc., at most any price. In fact we have everything usually found in a * * first-class Furniture store. % > * * v ft , | i / ; if. Clnthincr We handle the famous Griffon Brand Clothing and ZZ tff wlULlllllg. jjave sujts jn siimg) mediums and stouts, also a nice t line of Boys' and Youths' Clothing. I (\rr\rarl^c We have Ja8t received a car of Snow Cream Flour. ?ft VJiUCCilCa. ajg0 carry Obelisk Flour. When in need of j j* Groceries of any kind see us and get our prices before purchasing. ? *1 Agents for Mowing Machinery. > 2 ? I ? . ' !?* ? ? In fact we handle almost everything found in a first-class General * * !J j? Merchandise Store. . . - M . . <S * \ . II u We invite the public to come and inspect our stock Z Z % ? and get our prices. We have accommodating salesmen ? ? ? ? who will take pleasure in showing goods and quoting * : < J ? prices whether you make a purchase or not. jC jC jt , ill RSITFOR BusirvEssjam 21 fMttchum Brothers 11 15 Ehrhardt, ...... South Carolina ! ? I 1 ^ - v r * ' f ^ ^ .'''^ This Week in Millinery ' '' >- ?,-*;4 i r 9Hr :L(P? of Silks, Notions, Dress Novelties, Etc. will Interest you also : g t?*| - . ! > | ' J f . 1 . ' ( ' IMrs. K. I. Shuck & Co. 1 BAMBERG, . . . . . . ^OUTH CAROLINA J I^UDAVR^m /ia Southern Railway! The Southern Railway will sell Excursion tickets A ' || between all points East of the Mississippi and South jk ' of the-Ohio and Potomac Rivers to and from St O Louis and intermediate points. . A ate One Fare For Round Trip I Tickets sold December 20th to 25th inclusive, December 30th-31st, 190?Land January 1st, 1907, with limit good to leave donation- returning not later A *? than midnight January; 7th, 1907.: For full informa-, ^ W tion, apply to any Ticket Agent or Boo. Ky., or write * w ? R. W. Hunt, G. B. Allen, ? A Division Passenger Agent, x Asst. Gen. Passenger Agent S I ok Charleston, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. 5k & OUR LINE OF- ?c Toilet Articles Perfumery, Patent Medicines, Soaps, Brushes, Rubber Gotftls, Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Druggists' Sundries is 1 Up-to-date in Style and Price. : :: : ' n-^ -'^1 Hoover s Drug Store TELEPHONE 44 BiltMBERG, S. C. % i | When You Want a Bicycle I ! Remember Where To Get It! 23 ' j X I have Columbias, Ramblers, Cleveland^ and ? 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